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Primary Scream, or Unrepresentative Democracy

September 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics and Policy

Gershom Gorenberg Tomorrow Kadima will pick someone to replace Ehud Olmert as party leader. Olmert will then quit, to the sound of 7 million people sighing in relief, and his replacement will get the chance to form a new government and become Israel’s prime minister. The method that Kadima will use to make this momentous [...]

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Olmert’s No Sucker

July 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics and Policy

Haim Watzman | When I received my first bimonthly payment booklet from Israel’s income tax authority back in the mid-1980s, each payment demanded was more than what I earned in two months. Puzzled, I went down to the tax office and waited patiently in line for an hour or so before being called over to [...]

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